Blondie Talks Tapping Sia for New Album

As the pen and voice behind numerous GOAT pop classics, it’s hard to imagine Blondie‘s Debbie Harry, 71, being in awe of today’s hitmakers. But the band’s 11th album, Pollinator, features a few modern artists talented enough to leave her in rapture.

“Any association with Sia is a complete honor. We asked her for a song because we were such big fans of ‘Titanium,'” Harry tells Billboard. “She was writing with Nick Valensi from the Strokes, they submitted a couple songs and [we picked] the one we liked, ‘Best Day Ever.'”

Blondie’s new LP also taps Charli XCX (“She’s an extraordinary talent, operating from a position of strength and determination in her songs,” Harry raves) for the synth-rock flare-up “Gravity,” Dev Hynes (whose Harry co-write “Long Time” was initially demoed as a track for his project Blood Orange) and even viral YouTube duo the Gregory Brothers (of Songify the News fame).